The Hechinger Report
MAY 21, 2016
Since Kentucky became the first state to adopt the Common Core in 2010, the achievement gap between students with disabilities and their nondisabled peers has widened slightly – despite sweeping expectations the more rigorous standards would help eliminate disparities in academic performance. Reframing expectations.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
In 1993, Massachusetts enacted a bipartisan education reform law that gave schools a massive infusion of state money in return for high academic standards and accountability. Academic standards were the next to go. In the decade before the Common Core was implemented, Massachusetts NAEP reading scores rose by 0.25
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The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 1, 2016
In last year’s statewide Common Core-related PARCC test, just 24 percent of the students at Esteves’ school met grade-level expectations in reading and writing, a category called English language arts and literacy. In general, I think the common core approach is the right one,” wrote Shanahan in a blog.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 22, 2016
Strong language skills are key as part of the state’s Common Core standards. Those standards, designed to get students college and career ready, place an emphasis in part on deeper learning and communicating complex ideas – something that poses a challenge for many students whose primary language isn’t English.
Ask a Tech Teacher
NOVEMBER 13, 2019
Open Up Resources (OUR) is a series of free c ompetency-based Common Core-aligned curricula (math, ELA, and reading). They received excellent ratings from EdReports , a leader in evaluating textbooks and curricula for rigor, usability and alignment to academic standards. Who is Open Up Resources?
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 30, 2016
According to the report, many maker educators believe “making can help students develop real-world skills” such as creativity, problem-solving acumen, critical thinking and perseverance, along with “dispositions associated with positive work and life outcomes.” Who are the people spearheading maker education? And what motivates them?
Edsurge
MAY 17, 2017
We’re doing things that are a little radical but still grounded in academic standards. . He says at Two Rivers, they’ve rooted evaluations in standards—Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards—and that helps gets teachers invested. Some people need that data.”. That teachers can get behind.”.
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